Aug 28, 2012
Hurricane Isaac entered the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm on August 26, moving northwest after crossing Haiti, Cuba and the Florida Straits. Isaac moved slowly north northwest over the eastern Gulf . Isaac strengthened into a hurricane on the morning of the 28th when it was 75 miles south southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Isaac made landfall in Plaquemines Parish as a Category 1 Hurricane near Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River on the evening of the 28th. A second landf
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 410135). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Amite County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.